The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #83166   Message #1527530
Posted By: dianavan
25-Jul-05 - 12:21 AM
Thread Name: BS: Perception
Subject: RE: BS: Perception
I'm not surprised that Pakistani's see it that way.

From the Washington Post:

"But no matter which news sources you read or how you play with the numbers, the consensus of international commentators is that the U.S. military may have replaced Saddam Hussein as the biggest threat to Iraqi civilians"

The latest body count of Iraqi civilians since the U.S. led invasion is 22,000, minimum (that does not include those who have died of natural causes). I don't think it matters to the average Pakistani if the killers were U.S. coalition forces, Iraqi army, or insurgents. The deaths are the result of the U.S. led invasion.

How many have been killed worldwide by terrorists?

From Vancouver, all of these deaths count as a senseless loss of life. Whether the dead are British or Brazilian or Iraqi or... they all count. One life is not worth more than another.